International No Pants Day – in pictures

Participants in the No Pants Subway Ride DC, wait for a metro on 7 January in Washington, DC. The No Pants Subway Ride is an annual event that was started in 2002 by Improv Everywhere in New York.
Photograph: Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP/Getty Images

International No Pants Day – in pictures

Started in 2002 with only seven participants, the day is now marked in over 60 cities around the world. The idea is that passengers board a subway at separate stops in the middle of winter, without wearing trousers

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Participants in the No Pants Subway Ride DC, wait for a metro on 7 January in Washington, DC. The No Pants Subway Ride is an annual event that was started in 2002 by Improv Everywhere in New York.
Photograph: Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP/Getty Images

Mon 8 Jan 2018 04.00 EST

Participants in the No Pants Subway Ride sitting at Moosach underground station in Munich, Germany